The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 14, 1894, Image 1
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VOL. I, NO.
YFFNEY CITY, S. FIJ11) A Y, !>FCFMI»F!» 11,
$1.00 A YEAH.
SEMTOR TILLMAN
The South Carolina Reformer Has
A^ain Been Fleeted.
EASILY DEFEATED SENATOR BUTLER.
11« Had Served Ills State KlKhteen Tears.
Hut Was Forced to Itettre—Tillman
Hecelvcd an Ovcru'helmini; Ma
jority—Wliat He Will Ho.
Columiiia, S. t’., December 1!.—Four
years ago, llenjarnin H van Tillman, af
ter starting his reform and farmers’
movement, landed in the governor's
office on a perfect landslide of votes
from the rural districts. Two years ago
he repeated the performance. And
yesterday reached that point on his
political journey to which he in the be
ginning expected the landslide to carry
him. He was elected United Senator even the reporter.-, p.v
for the six years beginning with March
SUPERVISORS HAVE A FIGHT.
In the Melee They Sni;> -.!> I lie llalu of
Itejtorter*.
Rociiksteb,N.Y.. December 1 1-rom
time immemorial there !ki> b -en a light
in the Monroe county board of Miper-
visars over the question of equalization.
It is not a political light, oat one of the
towns against the city. There are
nineteen towns and twenty eity mem
bers, but some city supervisor always
votes with the country. In yesterday s
session the question came tip for settle
ment :md Supervis >r I - tad. ot tl.e tliird
ward, voted with the the touns. Im
mediately Supervisi.r fl -ttsl; Ik asked :
‘‘Who is the traitiir tl i : i'ae. l ord
heard the remark anti ,;ust taeii the
Itoard voting to ndj - iin. he walked
over to tlottsehallc and .-.truek him in
the face. The two tlmehed and l-ord
got in a doz.ext liani blowm. Hefore the
more piieHle solon- eotild get control,
the light had become a ral. the noses
of half a dozen nu ud t ~ were bleeding,
clothing- was torn oft. an i tin hat-, of
1 \v
FIERCE FIRE FOUGHT
An Alabama Town Suffers a Seri
ous Loss.
ENTIRE PLACE NARROWLY ESCAPED.
Fifteen Store, Were Itiirnmt in l.es, I iutii
Three Hours anti the l>ani»K« "111
He Fully tine lluiitittl Thousaml Hol
lars—Saved Hy Ilartl Work.
LAND VACCINATION.
In France
SAM SEELEY’S STEAL
Intcrcstiiiff Experiments Made
and Gcrtnauy.
One of the strangest things in recent
science has to do with the “vaccina- !
tiou” of land. K very one knows, says
hlsL^fonSwc 1 ^^ ah^rio pls i HE LACES HIS OLD TIME EMPLOYER
it with a leguminous crop, such as ________
clover or lucerne, the roots of which
have a pow er of ab orbing and retain
ing more nitrogen than they lake from
the ground. Hut where the nitrogen
comes from is another matter, iho
air suggested itself at once when peo-
!
Tho Defaulting Bookkeeper Will
Say Abaolutoly Nothing.
1 lilted States Olth-isU Take Him Hack to
New York lie says the Lawyer Haker
Was His Only Accomplice—See
ley Kcccived Very Little.
4, 1895, to succeed (ieneral M. C. Hutler,
who has held the position for the past
eighteen years. He went in by a ma
jority even heavier than he expected,
but it cannot be said that anybody was
surprised at the result.
Senator Hutler was in the eity, but he
was not about the legislative halls.
The election took place at noon, each
house voting in its own hall. Tlie con
servative voted for Hutler and all re
formers voted for Tillman, as they have
always done.
The result was: H. U. Tillman 131;
Hutler 31; Murray 3: Drum 1. Total
vote east. 155.
In the house Tillman's nomination met
with a chorus of seconds by delegates.
His name was presented as U. H. Till
man, of Kdgtield. Senator Hutler's,
name was presented as General Hut
ler of South Carolina, with stress on
the last two words.
Senator U. H. Watson, in nominating
Tillman, said: “I rise to put in nomi
nation a gentleman whose name is a
household word in South Carolina—the
best beloved by the majority of the
people in South Carolina, of any man
In the state, and perhaps the most cor
dially hated by a few. 1 would not re
count what some of us feel he has done
for the state, lest 1 open old sores that
all of us would be glad to see healed.’’
lie then spoke of what Tillman hud
done for the cause of education, and
nominated him as a worthy successor
to McDuflh^oind Calhoun.
Senator iiiirnwell spoke in nominat
ing Hutler of what (ieneral Hutler had
done for his state in the war, on the
battlefield ami in the political redemp
tion of the state in ‘TO, hut his elo
quence was wasted.
Hast night Tillman made a brief
speech at the executive mansion to a
serenading party, in which he said he
iMtfnded to do more than ever for the
benefit of the masses.
LAWSHE AN EXPERT.
A Man Clmr|;cil With Makini; Hail Money
Proven a Wonder.
Atlanta. December 13.—Jim Uuwshc,
a notorious character, wus found guilty
yesterday in the United States court
and sentenced to eight years in the
Columbus. <>.. penitentiary. He has
served one term for the same offense,
lie denied making the coins exhibited
as evidence against him. and said he
would be ashamed if he could not do
better.
When u prisoner several years ago,
he fitted up a still in his cell and made
corn whisky there for some time, using
the corn bread which was served to the
prisoner^, At another time he escaped
from jail here and carried with him a
pet dog and litter of puppies which he
had in his cell.
smash
ed. There is talk of criminal proceed
ings on both sidt-s.
THE COLQe? U : LIFTED.
The Federation of I no. . . nli»n After
the Ncuro '.n;-' 1 '"'-
Dknvkk, Col., i . i
dent (iompers presio
Vent ion of labor dt -: <■
Delegate I*. -U M<- ; ■ ' n
lution deploring t:.e
: .'-,e!- ! Dresi-
ovcv the con
es yesterday.
.- read s rcso-
’•ii i,, bu-tion of
any sectarian or c-apte-us -ale issues
among the work in ;• ]>. 'll . as such
movements are dcsiin -d lo divide la
bor's forces and produce leUer antago
nisms, religious bigotry, provoke ran
corous intolerance and divert >hc work
ing people from llu-ir higher purposes.
The resolution is as i! -w
“Resolved. Thai we here id now re
affirm as one of the ear rat ; r i.-iples
of the trade union nr .; n. the
working people musl mite and organ
ize irrespective of er • .. r. , x. na
tionality or politics."
This was immediate! s
out dissent and the c
adjourued.
The
BEAT A DYING
I lorrilile
ttr.il.iin <n
illlKtlll'I'I.
ClXCTNXATI, Dee. la' - 1 i
ible ease of bru!.:
yesterday. Karly in
policemen heard iho
man coming from : c •
They entered tin ! m a
entine Sauer a 'or. m
over the prostrait
who was moaniii"
dopti-d with-
at ion then
OMAN,
a (tiieiniiatl
An incred-
;■ to light
i rni ig two
of a wo-
! -.treet.
in! found Val-
.... eliding
form of ids wife.
■ d' Yah please
don't beat me nr
leaning forward. 1*
her mouth, and
hemorrhage from
dress. She was inii;
last stages of eon
hospital it found
have lived two v.
Sauer's brutulitv
mi !■< . S!ie was
••i..'' dii_ from
t • |i the
night
i:i the
At tlie
i hat she could, not
c*k • hur. eu-. iiad not
r: steue-d tin end.
be-
She explained ihal Sar h.-ai ii-.-r
cause she could no! stop coughing.
The woman is dying and Saiu.-r will
be charged with min der.
;at
MANY MET
Tin- llaiikc-l'M Assn
('nine Sun !i
Atlanta, Ua. Dee-
meeting of the i n.-.-u'.
<ViTH MONEY.
Ill of
\ ini-l irii Will
•xt Year.
iber lx. At the
. - c<.nmiitis of
TWO RAILROADS COMPLAIN.
CoiuiiiUHlontir of an Association Charged
Wltli OrtloriiiiC Tiu-ni Itoycottcd.
Atlanta, December 13.—Tlie Florida
atate railroad com mission had Commis
sioner E. H. Stahlmun before it yester
day. He is charged with having order
ed a boycott against the Columbus
Southern railway ami thereby injuring
Columbus, Albany and other towns
along the road us well us connecting
lines. The Savannah. Amerieus and
Montgomery is associated with the Co
lumbus Southern in making the com
plaint against Stahlmun. The hearing
has not been concluded. At a recent
meeting of the executive board of the
Southern Railway and Steamship Asso- 1
elation Commissioner Stahlmun was au- I
thorized to declare a boycott on any 1
road which does not maintain the regu
lar tariff rates.
SHOT AT THE JUDGE.
Meu Ordered To Jitil ( Iritr a Court Itoom
hikI Lsi'ii|h*.
Lexington, Ivy.. December 13.—News
has just reached here of an attack that
was made on Judge Floyd, of the cir
cuit court, on Monday. Jesse Fields
and Joe Atkins were on trial for mur
der. They shot Judge Josiah Holmes,
who was an old man. w hile he was
atumiing on the porch of his residence.
They were allowed to give two thousand
dollar bonds by a magistrate. When
Judge Floyd ordered them to jail they
begun firing at him. H< escaped and
run into a house near by. The men
followed him there and continued to
fire at him. They finally left tlie town.
Many ritHneugcrM Wen- Injured.
Chicago, December 13. West side
cable trains in collision in the Washing
ton street tunnel last niglii caused the
worst wreck and disaster that has hap
pened on the street car lines of the city
outside of the grade crossing locomo
tive horrors. A dozen passengers
among the hundreds who crowded the
two trains were s< rion-ly injured. One
of them was fatally hurt, and others
whose names could not be Icurnc t, on
account of their hurried departure
pm the scene, were slightly hurt by
U>g l£ji£i> ox l •pUnter* at woo#.
U li< >ii T rn t.
„'U The state
•' '■ in !- -
L- i'd oil Trust
• oinpiiny al
the Hankers Assoeiatr i of \):a-iG-a. in
Chicago. Atlanta wa- -eieefod a- tlie
next place tor holding the r-.-giilar an
nual convention. Tin- a- ■'ieitii'ii liuiu-
Ikts eighteen hundred i:, ml; rs. com
posed of the most prom'iicut and rejire-
sentative business nn-n and !..inkers of
the country am! ii is probnbie Dial the
meeting: which will take place during
the Cotton States and in--i-n.iti'-eal Ex
position. will be the la:- " i att'-.nded in
the history of the organiza'. : »n.
THE LEXOVV CO?. ; ih".■ TEE.
The New York Invest iinU iou ili-inax Out
York Invest ie-it ion Hrin
InterestluK 1 a< ts.
New Yokk. Dee lit er t3.- -At the
Lcxon committee's inves;igati:in yes
terday Mr. G;»IV. who wa eo:; iueting
the work, called the i :ui" ,!'< buries
A. Grant. Hefuiledloi point. .Jr.Goff
then said Grant had m : fortune as
hceretary to ex-t omiiii:.-.iou -r .Met lave,
by accepting bribes dir having men ap
pointed on the polk to, it .Mr. ColV
saiti tluil polieeme:* paid from - to to
8500 to secure aj!|:oinf ti.i-ul-. Hi order
to have vacancies, men vi-i-,- retired on
pay so that others could come in after
paying the fee.
THE LAWMAKERS ADJOURN.
The LeorKlu Loeislut in < Ha-i (Ouqiieted
if, Ki-U'il «i- Aii:iu:il Si t.ion.
Atlanta, December id. Georgia’s
general assembly mi ju:irni- i last
night after a forty iluy - ,sion Altiny
local measures were rn-lte I through in
the last hours. 'J'lu-on t.ill of g u-
eral importanee warn ' h ap. • nr 1 tion
bill and the conf. a eiititiD. • re
port, which pas.* e i tile ii .e-e by only
one majority, line it •en lo-.t Die
governor would h::M <:..’.li
session.
Evkhokken, Ala.. December 13.—A
tire that started last night at. 8 o’clock
in the Racket store has swept almost
the entire part of the town west of tho
railroad. Fifteen buildings were
burned. They are: The Racket store,
J. M. Henderson, I. Long A Son. J. G.
Guice, J. W. Crook, post office, Ever
green liotel, (.'. T. Taliaferro. C. I*.
Deming, J. A. MeC'rrary. Irwin livery
stable, L. Finch. R. R. Martin, Mrs. H.
A. Linde and the buildings occupied by
F. L. Aiokox and J. M. Sims will also
go. The loss will approximate SlOO.OOO
with perhaps about sjA.iiimi insurance.
Tlie street on both sides of the railroad
is strewn with goods of every descrip
tion and the greatest confusion pre
vails.
At one time it was feared the entire
town would be destroyed as the flames
were beyond all control. At 11 o’clock
after having raged for three hours the
tire was somewhat subdued.
When the lire reached the McCreary
building it was cheeked and all other
buildings west of it were saved. The
saving of the west side of the town
looked to be impossible for more than
two hours.
NO WORK FOR CONVICTS.
Many of 1 lii-iii Mioit s|j»n, of lusauity
From Eiifor<*r«! f
Coi.CMBtrs, O., December 13.—A very
startling ston is told by an officer
about the unavoidable condition of
things at the Ohio penitentiary. 'I here
are now twenty-one hundred convicts
confined there, only about one thous
and of them being employed at work,
the balance remaining in the idle
house. This condition was brought
about by the warfare waged against
convict-made go-.An by labor organiza
tions The k-gisiaiure last winter
passed a law requiring all prison-made
goods to be labelled as such, thus
almost completely shutting them oat of
the market. Now it is claimed the
idleness into which tho prisoners have
been forced has hud a bad effect on
their minds, and that three or four of
them show signs of insanity nearly
every day. and to keep them from be
coming raving maniacs, they are com
pelled to run and jump and otherwise
vigorously exercise until they are com
pletely tired out.
A TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
Tho Wind Hill Great Haimige anil the
Lq;litiiini; Was I ii-ri-e.
Macon, Gu. December 13.—A severe
cyclone struck the town of Forsyth,
forty miles from here, yesterday morn
ing and did forty thousand dollars dam
age to property. The Methodist church
which was erected at a cost of .813.000
and was a comparatively new structure
was swept from the face of the earth.
Numbers of houses were unroofed and
people driven from their houses in
their night clothes in the pouring rain.
The lightning was fearful. No lives
were lost.
At Reynolds, southwest of here, thir
teen houses were destroyed by the cy
clone which made a path a hundred
yards wide through the town and the
country to the southwest for miles.
In Lowndes county, in south Georgia,
great damage was done to timber.
So far as can be learned not a single
life was lost as the result of the storm
at any of the places which it visited.
pie began to study tlie problem* and
Messrs. Lnwes and Gilbert, among
others. ; .lent many months in fruit 1. -s
endeavors to trace the .source to tho
aii% coming at last to a negative con
clusion. Tlie discovery was eventually
made by ILrren llellriegel and Will-
farth, of Germany, that the absorp
tion wu due to minute
sort of disease) in the
when the supply of
in the soil begun to
peered in tin* form of
eresco’icos, dc*w nitrogen
air. an-i so can
When this had
Chicago, December 18.—Samuel C.
Seeley, the bookkeeper of the National
Shoe and Leather bank, left this city-
today for New York in the charge of
United States officers. He has refused
to make any statement regarding his
shortage of $354,000. _
John M. C rane, president o: told the story of his identity and erimi-
ui Now \ork. tint tlnra
SEELEY BETRAYED HIMSELF.
Ho Tolil III, Nmue to a Mini That ('aimed
HI, Arrest.
Chicago, December 13.—Samuel See
ley the defaulting cashier of tlie Na
tional Shoe and Leather bank of New
York, confessed to being tlie man
wanted. after his arrest here
yesterday. Seeley was given away to
the police by a man who gives his name
as II. E. McFarland, and who displays
a “special police" star. He says that
Seeley had told hhn who he was. lie
met the man on Dearborn street by
chance several days ago. At first See
ley told him lie was U. G. Evans, but on
the second day he said his name wus
Frank J. Dale. McFarland and Seeley
met at the Lincoln hotel and saloon on
North Chirk street, near Seeley's place
of residence, and went *to the races at
Roby together. In that way became
confidential, and over the wine Seeley
CALL IS UtDICMNT
Ho Denounoos a Newspaper Pub*
licatlon as Malicious.
USED SOME PRETTY HARSH LANGUAGE
Ad Article In the Florida Citizen DU-
!>lca«etl Him -A Kesolution to Inve,-
tlgato the Honduran National
Lottery Company.
organisms (a j tionai Shoe and Leather bank, of New
roots, which, York, arrived here yesterday afternoon
mil doings
nitrogen
fail, ap-
smi.ll ex-
f'roin the
vd the enriehnn-iit.
once been settled
. day of their acquaintance, said MeFar-
and was taken immeuiaten to t ic en l an d. Seeley wrote his name on a sheet
trul police station where, in the inspee- (>f p .. pc . r an ' (l aske(l M c i ar i ai ,a ; *• |i aV e
' * 11 you ever heard of Samuel C. Seeley ? ”
itbevimeu matter of importance to
foster, ami, if possible, lucjtcn the
growth of the di-e; ,e in the fields
sown with K guminousae. and e.xl.
si ., experidien':i have been made in
i-'ramv a.ml Germany with thh. obj -ei.
Field- have been literally “vaccin: U- i'
by sprinkling over them soil in which
tuberculous crops have been grown, or
even water in which they have been
.uak -d. In Is'.io a tract old peaty
la* i was sown with clover, and vac
cinate 1 with about one ami a half tons
to the acre of an old clover held.
Sear, ely an;, other manure at all wa ,
Used. .‘\ more convincing experiment
stili *.. ;m periormed in Drussia. v.ia ae
a 1.o- e held was sou *i willi Inoin and
di-. i' -‘t. one part being treated in the
oi• ; innry iasliio!:. the other inoeulat*'*!
from an old lupin crop. The yi. id in
tor's office. Samuel C. Seeley, the de
faulting bookkeeper, was brought be
fore him. Mr. Crane was alone with
Seeley for about thirty minutes, and
afterwards the representatives of the
press were asked into the office to see
the two men. Mr. Crane stated that
Soelev had absolutely rciusod to say
anything in regard to his defalcation
until he hud consulted with his attor
ney.
Seeley said that he had worked under
.Mr. Crane for fourteen years and knew ,
no man in whom he would rather con
fide, but would refuse to answer ques
tion-; put by any one.
Seeley still claims that the New ^ ork
lawyer. Frederick Haker. secured all :
but* $10,000 of the money. As Haker
suicided there is no way of absolutely
proving this. Hanker Crane asked him
if anv one els, was in th* swindle. He
saiit no. This is tin- only question he
has not refused to nus-.ver.
His shortage is SJ354,000.
A REGISTRATION LAW.
r part was live i
,.t as that under
\
A POSTMASTER ARRESTED.
He I, (Jim-geit Wltli llavin^ i.inbv/.zletl
TTin*e TTioiiutiu! Ilollurs.
I’l'N i’A Gouda, 1 la.. December 13.—
George T. Hubert, the poitmaster at
this place, was arrested yesterdny by a
deputy United States marshal for em
bezzling S3.000 of the postoiiiee funds
and appropriating the same to his own
use. The ease was worked up against
him by I’ostoffiee Inspector Tate. Hu
bert was placed under il.O-Jti bond for
appearunee before the United States
court at Tampa next. February. He
had been drinking considerably of late
and his .settlements with the depart
ment were not satisfactory so tlie in
spector i\;is sent down to investigate.
mil a hall lim,
the normal
:!;•" nt. tvmni-kable point in
tin . op,-:utions i.-. flint each vuriet;.- of
the 1,-g-."mi'.' msae has its chara-G i-leCe
mierol e. mid tluit it i no use inoculat
in' a li.-ld r.f el-iver, for instance, with
Im-erne or of lupin with clover.
THE BEST MAN.
II* s.;u! !.« V.'a, ami Fat Cam© *o tho
< oi.clu .ion Vhnl lie Vi a, in&ht.
.\n Irish t* <;rnster asked for a iiulf
holt rn, f r the purpose of attending
his •• istei-s wedding, and the request
was- ranted, says the New York Mail
and Expre.W hen he made Jds up-
peartH*ee Gu- next morning Ins right
arm was in -i sling, there win. u plaster
aero.-,-, hi in and u raw oyster in n
poult ice against his eye. lli-> left ear
looked like :.cauliflower. "Why, Uat.”
said his employer, “1 t hought you Were
going to your sister's wedding. You
look a; though yon had gone to si
eyclon- fe -lival.”
“I ••. r at t!i’ weddin', sor,” said I’at.
“Tv . th’ thruth 1 tmild yez.”
“\Y. 11. Imw did you get bunged up
this uayV" inquired the merchant.
‘Til tell ye/, sor," replied I’at. "D’ye
see, whin I got there and wint in th’
people were standin’ forni:i:-t the
priest, an’ be the side o’ thimwora
mari in a pintail coat, and a big spblat-
terin’ while shirt. I lucked r.t um an*
Jie lucked at me. ‘Oh, ho,’ ,sez 1 till
myself, m-z I, ‘an’ ye think yer a jewd.’
Wutli thot I got a wee hit closer an*
lucked at’um wane© moore. lie gave
a twist till his lip like, an’ turned his
back. ’No Gallagher ever took that,’
sez 1 till myself agin, an’ I taps me lad-
diebuek on the shov.Tder.
“ ‘An’ who may yez be, me bould
buckoo.’ sez I. feelin’ that the blood o’
the Gallaghers had been insulted.
“ ‘I'm the best mon,’ sez he.
“ T'h’ best mon?’ sez I.
“‘Thot’s what I said,’ says ho, The.
best mon,' and, sor,” said Fat, as he
shifted the oyster on his eye, “ho
wuz.”
QUEEN WILHELMINA’S JOKE.
LYNCHERS AFTER HIM.
A Hoy Mui-<lerer Was Kllteil tor ills Tir-
riMi- t'i-iiiit*.
Wii.i.iamston, S. ('.. December 13.—-
An inquest was held yesterday on the
body of a twclvi-year-old white boy,
5 who was murdered on Monday night
; by Ed Sullivan, a negro boy about fif-
! teen years old. TiA victim's head was
literally eat to pieces with an axe. ’1 he
i boy murderer was arrested and locked
up. but as there were threats of lynch
ing he was tiuri ied oil’ to the county
jail at Andewon. x nn ■ fifteen miles
away. The (dli* 1 r- got an hour’s start
j on the would-be lynchers, who
pursuit on horseback and ii
; and were armed witli
guns.
The mol* overtook
their prisoner and Imn
Williamston. At i::30<
was shot to death. His
. died with bullets.
(icorciii Will New- Have u I’luln Ntiu-l’ar-
tlNau System.
Atlanta, December 13.—The senate
passed a general registration bill yes
terday and the house passed the Ven
able insurance bill, two of the most
, important measures before the general
assembly. Heretofore the state has
had no uniform system of registration.
Some counties had no law at all. Tlie
I bill just passed provides a uniform sys
tem for every county. It is a non-par
tisan measure. The registration is to
! be conducted by three managers in
i each county. These managers are to
be appointed by the Superior court
judges. Two managers will lie from
the part which had the majority in the
last election and the third will lie from
the minority party. The general as
sembly adjourns today.
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
Two Ni-Kro llai-knu'ii Suppost-il to llav©
Killt-il Two Whit© Women.
Atlanta, December 13. - Sanford
Murehman and Will Howcn. two negro
hackmen. are under arrest being sus
pected of having committed a double
murder. On Friday last they took two
white women in a hack out on Mills
street. It is thought that they attemp
ted to assault the women whose cries
alarmed tlie neighborhood. On Satur
day a pool of blood was found on Mills
street and the hack was traced to a
^J’he detectives think that the
p-e murdered and their bodies
u: negroes made conflicting
Washington, December 13.—In the
senate yesterday Senator Call, of Flori
da. rising to to a question of personal
privilege, sent to the desk and had read
an item in the Daily Florida Citizen
bearing on an alleged difficulty with ,
the administration in the matter of
a local appointment in Florida. Mr.
Call characterized the article as “a
malicious falsehood from beginning to
end,” and a part of the “wicked, malic
ious system of falsehood by professional
liars to defame senators.
He insisted upon the necessity of sen
ators taking cognizance of this growing
evil and of expelling from all privileges
connected with the senate any corres
pondent who should circulate such false
reports.
Senator Call spoke today on his reso
lution for the appointment of a special
committee to investigate the Honduras
Lottery company in Florida.
The message from the president
touching alleged Armenian atrocities
was read and referred to the committee
on foreign relations.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Hig
gins (republican, Del.) requesting the
president, if not inconsistent with the
public interests, to furnish copies of
all correspondence touching any indi
cation on the part of the United States
to bring about negotiations for peace
between the empires of Japan and
China. Senator Morgan objected to its
present consideration and it went over
under the rules.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations: Win. W. Duffield, of
Michigan, superintendent of the coast
and geodetic survey. John Karel, of
Illinois, consul-general at St. Peters
burg. John C. Black, United States
attorney for the northern district of
Illinois. United States Marshal John
1). Harrell, southern district of Georgia
and the following postmasters: Vir
ginia. George Hooker. Fortress Monroe.
Georgia, L. L. Joiner. (Jnitmun. Flori
da, E. I). McLeod, Deland: W. E. Mont
gomery, Apalachicola; John Smith,
Sanford. Alabama, John L. Rapier,
Mobile.
JOHN BURNS SPEAKS.
THE INCOME TAX.
A j*-
BARRETT
1 he rosUitSli-c SwimJ
< .ovcrnuif
CoLVJIHtA, S. C.,
ret. the chief of thj
conspirators, who:
here tlie past weejj
court, was yesttj
conspiracy easel
prisoniiient in 11
> Columbus,
sa..-»tio. IK* hast
in the forgery
convicted. Tl
this offence
<5.01)0. The 1
ed along wit
ilar sentciH
One <»f
tried along
is a fugitive
hers of the
they have i
A POLl'SE^
' On© ui New York's
iVnUehtlnryT
i Nkw Yokk, December 1
Captain Stephenson, who
trial for tlie past few days,
with accepting bribes from merchants
1 who used the sidewalks for the display
1 of their goods in violation of a eity
ordinance, wa-. late vcsU-n’.ay evening
found guilty as charged. Sentence will
be pronounced probably today. The
maximum penalt y in • in- ease of con
viction on a charge of b. ibery. as speci
fied in the ease of ex-l’o!iee Captain
tain Stephenson, is imprisonment for
ten years and a tine <>f •; i.OOO. Ihe
minimum is imprisonment for one year.
Hill C'ontuliiH au
nu of •245,00ft.
^December 12.--The Ur-
bill has been reported
appropriates $345,095
i of the income tax.
^hoto|[ra|ili©r Uolilieil.
December 13.—Seth
Spresents himself as a
tpgrapher from Cocoa,
inge story to the police
lie said he was held
He men and a negro in
k the city about 8 o'clock.
iclp and was knocked
icn he recovered con-
f was lying across one of
the West Shore railroad
i the' plucu w here he
freight train was
_k*r track at the time,
get out of his danger-
Jbjt’Tind two men who came
ped, him to a nearby house,
f^the robbers took his watch and
icash..
He Aildr©tf4«il the Amcrirau Federation of
l.uhor Convention.
Dknveb, Col.. December 13.—The
feature of the lirst day's session of the
fourteenth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor aside
from tlie annual address of the presi
dent. Samuel Gompi rs. and the reports
of the secretary and treasurer was tlie
earnest, forceful and impressive re
marks made by John Burns, M. I*., of
England, in response to the seating of
himself and David Holmes as delegates
upon the floor by the convention. It was
given with all the fire and impetuosity
which has made the name of John
Bums famous, and it was received with
tumultuous applause from tho seventy-
delegates who constitute this congress
of working-men. President Gompers
delivered his annual ui#lress. lie spoke
with great earnestness and conviction.
His demand that the convention take
some decided action in indorsement or
disapproval of his policy during the
Debs strike, was made with almost a
shout iu his earnestness.
RELEASED A
PRISONER.
Marshals
Tli© Train ( .-II
MlLLDKGVII.l i:. I .a : '
the train on tin* V ;
lum train yi-ffi
crossing the t:*.-*- 1 !< -
near this eity, Hu* r.
precipitating the .•:,* i-.*
to the stream forty fe
man liagston ha die : fi
and Engineer Dicker
to life-
i.
I: l<lll|;ll.
ember 13. As
vil!.* n n-1 Asy-
•loriiing was
*• creek,
i gave way,
:* d ci' -eli ’n-
b'-!i»w. I'ire-
:n eis 'iijurics
not expected
Til© Gulil Iti-rti r\. lliTreiiM*,.
Washington, I)-i*.ml er j:;. Yester
day afternoon tho treasury department
was informed that I.Vatwii ugoluhad
been withdrawn during tiu day from
the New York i-.ub-tr. sury. oi which
£1,300,000 was tulu-ii foi- export. This
reduced the gold ie-.erv< i, o,.:ii',000.
The general treasury .rje-.* keeps up
well, standing at : ■ aio.
Th© "'nltero Art (T>ll©i*tii>u.
Ha lit.Mo!::;. Md.. Deeember 13.—The
splendid art collection of the lute Wil
liam T. Walters, will remain in this
city, the property of Henry Walters.
Hy the term of the late Mr. Walters’s
will, the eolleetion was bequeathed
jointly to liii »on and daughter, Henry
Walters and Mrs. Warivn Delano, of
Orange, N. J. ^ir. Walters has arrang
ed.to buy his sister’s equal share, there
by becoming the sole owner of the
grandest art eolleetion in the United
State*-.
An ( liexpecU-il Killing;.
Sfabtamu'Ug, S. (’., Dt*e*-mber 13.—
At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, John
Kirby shot and instantly killed James
Hammett iu a store in this city. Tlie
men had been friendly up to a few min
utes before the shooting. A quarrel
suddenly sprang up, Hammett struck
Kirby with a buggy whip, when Kirby
drew a revolver and shot Hammett
through the heart. Kirby is now lodged
in jail.
tier Majesty of Holland Has Some Fun at
tho Expense of Her Govrrncji.
The Figaro tells a rather amusing
story about the twelvc-year-old young
Queen Wilhelmhia of Holland, prefac
ing its narration by the statement that
the alarming news which was circu
lated concerning tlie health of her
majesty in August last is quite uncon
firmed, and saying that the story in
question is proof of tlie good spirits of
the young queen.
The governess of her majesty, an
English lady, Miss Saxton Winter, had
given the little queen, as an extra task,
the drawing and coloring of a map of
Europe because she hud not known her
lesson in Turkish and Chinese geogra
phy as well as the governess deemed
she ought to have done. Tlie queen debate and ( .iiiury
agreed to do the extra task imposed cd ex-congressman, mail
upon her, saying: “Very well; I will
do the map, because I meant to bo obe
dient. But—-you will sec.”
In due course the map was drawn
and colored and handed to the gover
ness. The young queen had made the
British Isles very small, about the size
of the Balearic islands, and had cov
ered them with "London fog” colored
paint. But Holland, on tlie contrary,
was of enormous f.ize, occupying a
large part of that space which In ordi
nary maps is sea. This immense tract
of land was glorified in the most brll-
} iant colors. Miss Saxton Winter
aughed. Tlie young queen was de
lighted with her Joke and the map was
passed round tho court.
i !j * f '• !!'-
1.0 Si O\. J)' (U I
the < ent ral \ •
a di fiieli.ii.-ni * i■
arnn occupied I- e
Mh vvi i ic3iu ;it . . 11
Ti.e < i -ill-
Strong, re tx.1. m lu
i trie
ACOCS'!
Richard
70 you
onlaiff
of Ore
ever
Reward.
L*mbor 13.—Rev.
^ priest, aged
|*y. He was
Gross, now
Pd in almost
riim.i i
r 15. -A r.-n.a-
pivani:,. Screven
iu.* confession of
'I ivi: n iin-cniliur-
nitcccijit to thirty
liary.
Deriding Term?,
“Wojon," tho opprobrious epithet
which the Chinese apply to the Japs,
belongs to au interesting class of names
bestowed upon nations by more or less
unfriendly neighbors. Such names
fire found in nil parts of Europe. Tho
name Y/cl h Is merely the Teutonic for
foreign people, and in America tho
people who called themselves Daltotahs
Were known to their neighbors, tho
OJibways, as Sioux or “enemies.” It is
said that the word Esquimaux Is fi
Eroaoh corruption of tho Chippewa oo
Croo phxa' y U-.hklumoog, or “rAv. -Ilcsji
eateri.” /
A .lim l ro«- <nr Dill.
C'OLFMIUA, S. C.. Dcccrn’m*:* 13.—The
lower house of the state legislature, af-
tor an all-day light contini’ing far into
the night, parsed by i ssiall major-
itv u regulation " jim-cr iw car bill.
The color line was ’'.r night into the
r, the color-
several red-
hot speeches.
Convicted nf !5nr<l.*r.
Fensacola. Fla., Dei ember 13.—Jno.
King, colored, wa-. y«'.-,terduy convicted
of murdering George Tolar, a partly de
mented young white mail at t,u* latter s
home near Bluff Spi x •- in this county
last January. King was sentenced to
the penitentiary for lit*-.
Tli© I Dio! 'Must )>'< Sold.
Macon. Gh.. D**i*embcr 13,—Judge
Fish, in tin* superior court at Amerieus,
yesterday, ordered tin* sale of the Sa
vannah, Amerieus and Montgomery
railway not later than next May. The
case will probably be carried to the su
preme court.
Th© Hoiitlu-riiY Fn-Hident.
Col,t'Miffa. S. C., Dccemlier 13. —
President Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern Railway company, passed
through hero yest -niiy enroute to
Washington from Fiorithi. Me has
made a thorough Kv ion of the
southern brsiM.5. .o’ i. K-ra.
Binik-iI i I- 3ir'*l.-< ■•*f>.
FlNfeUI Us 1, ' a..l «. r:tuber 13. — Ineeu-
dinrh s burned tli : Herring and lYnsh-
bma wai<ih>uu-o boio vi stcivlay inorn-
ing. Oni; hundred'md fifty bales of
Cotton were burned. Tho loss h> i3,1)09,
insurance, 93,0hw.
|i*jl Wife SIttyci* Arroated.
. / .v / Decern 1 *r 13.—The
Y* ^ /f j, i a charged with
y *n New York city
''‘s* arrested here y es-
er Valley Queen en
: .roitT^CT^P!v-Foli cu He gave the
olli.cers notion ortbpugh he will not
admit the crime.'•Be says his wife
suicided. Foglia express.-d his entire
willingness to return to New York
without the formality of the requisi
tion. He is lodged in the Adams coun
ty jail.
A Wrullli} llrukiir Indicted.
Nkw Obi.kans, December 13.—Henry-
Bier. a prominent broker, has bccu in
dicted for pergury. He receive'I tflou,-
OOt) for working street railway fran
chises through the city council. A suit
followed and he testified on two occa
sions. His testimony is said to have
widely differed.
An liikau© Man'M Terrilil© I >< .-iL
FloHKM'K, S. C’. t Deeember 13.—Ett-
sell Adams, a well-to-do farmer, living
three miles from hero, through a fit of
temporary insanity, shot his daughter
in the head yesterday. He* afterwards
shot his wife and then slashed him
self to death; all three are dead.
lluntunV Mayor Ke|iiilillcan.
Boston, Mass., Deeember 13.—The
Globe "democrat! figures the election of
Lurtis (republican) for mayor by two
thousand majority over IVabodv (demo
crat. City liall estimates elect Curtis
by about three thousand majority.
South ( arollna liundk Kell Well.
CiiAlti.KMToN, S. C., December 13.—At
public sale here yesterday, a block of
South Carolina blue per cent bonds
sold at 101 fy; a block of Charleston city
•4 )H*r cent bonds sold nt 949(,, tlie high
est price ever paid.
A .SU nnior Load of Oruugi-i*.
J.\< k <onvili.e, Fla., Deeemlier !‘J.—
The Clyde steamship Algonquin sailed
yesterday bearing 30,000 boxes of Flor
ida oranges, thus breaking the world’s
reort! n r an i»n.ng.: cargo by 11,000
boxes
Mins Si©v©nHnn \Yor«©>
Akhkvu.i.k, N. C., Di-ucmber 111.-MUm
Mary f ; e :rm was not quite so well
yesterdny .'i.'l the vice president did
not l -ave fo.* Washington as was e*-
pected.
HU FrleudM Attacked lie|>uty
und Se-t Him Free*.
Macon, Ga., December 13.—In Dodge
county, sixty miles from here yester
day, a desperate and .successful attempt
to release a prisoner in the hands of
United States deputy marshals was
made by twelve or fifteen men armed
with Winchester rifles. The name of
the prisoner cannot be learned, but he
wus arrested on a warrant from the
United States court charging him with
squatting upon landsnot hismvn. The
arrest was made Sunday afternoon and
as tlie three deputies were proceeding
with their prisoner to the country rail
way station and were passing through
an unusually wild section of the coun
try, they were covered by Winchesters
in the hands of men who rose from the
undergrowth and demanded the pris
oner who was released and the depu
ties allowed to go on their way.
THE SOUTH HAS MONEY.
ilmny New Enterprise* Slum- That BusL
nes* I* Abilin KevivliiK.
Atlanta, Ga.. December 13.—Busi
ness in the south for the week just end
ed has been unusually active. Fromi-
nent among the new industries are two
projected new cotton mills at New Or
leans. La., ami a 30,000 spindle mill at
Clifton, S. C., the Minmolu Lumber
company, capital sdoo.ooo. of Minneola.
Ga., an electric plant at Georgetown. S.
woodworking plants at Tampa. Fla.,
Whitcuastlc, I-a., Uoimeiiy's Springs,N.
C., ami Dresden, Tenn.
All DeiioniinatiniiH Frotext.
Baltimobk. December 13. All creeds
and denominations of Christianity and
Judaism were represented in a mass
meeting at Levering hall last night to
protest against the massacre of Chris
tians iu Armenia. The demonstration
was arranged by the ministers of the
eity and cardinal Gibbous declared his
sympathey with the movement.. He
sent a letter to John F. Foe, chair^
of the meeting, in which he expreij
ible to attend
regret at b^j
Fr«*y ffi-i
J
Fr©|
BUL’Mtl
d’Orle:;
UiCet Ifbvi. ,#-i its i ;
nite policy for the Fa
The radical press of
Unit the govcr.'i’in
the I''rt*n«*h Fretendf
gium, to engage in ;
friuuio.
Ill-It